The Housing Authority of the city of Asheville has hired a new CEO, Ella Santos.

Santos comes with years of experience in the New York City Housing Authority and with an international nonprofit.

HACA leadership other elements of her background, which includes a 2017 pleading related to a complex murder case in Long Island, New York, are a strength.

ASHEVILLE - After a year of leadership changes, the Housing Authority of the city of Asheville has hired a new president and CEO — one with a complex background that leadership also calls a strength.

Ella Santos, 36, will fill the nearly year-long chief executive officer vacancy. Her first day was Nov. 3.

A Bronx, New York, native, Santos moved to Asheville in June to work as the agency's chief operating officer. On Sept. 24, the housing au

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